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Found this cool test on the BBC web site, thanks to Lainie’s post. I took the test and here are the results in all its glory:

Therefore, this means that I am a Leader. What are your results?

While reading Blogsforfirefox and Status Quo, I saw that both of them linked to an article on PCWorld titled The 100 Best Products of 2005. The magazine has named Mozilla Firefox as Product of the Year. Congrats to the MozFo, coders, themers and users who keep making this browser better everyday.

Browsing over to T. Longren, he has not one, not two, but three articles relating to Firefox. Really interesting read. Even learnt about this cool extension called Cute Menus from his site.

Well, another thingy I can put on my CV; Experienced Blogger

I saw this post on /. which basically states that blogging is now a real “business skill” which seems to be pretty much in demand. It also links to this article (which has a needlessly bloody long URL) in the WSJ.

After reading through the WSJ article, it really does make perfect sense to me that blogging should be regarded as a serious marketing tool. It really is! It creates awareness about a company’s products and/or services, therefore it’s only logical that the industry acknowledges its importance.

I mean, surely many of you have seen cult sites which criticizes the products or services of companies where the “former consumer” felt that he/she has been screwed over. I do find such expression of anger and/or frustration to be quite normal. Therefore I wouldn’t find anything strange with a blog that regularly praises the products and/or services of “well-behaving” companies… yeah, even if the blogger gets paid for doing so.

Anyone wants to hire me?

There’s a security update for WP. More info can be read here (WP Dev Blog) and on Blogging Pro.

Basically you just need to insert one line in /wp-includes/template-functions-category.php, somewhere after line 130:

function get_the_category_by_ID($cat_ID) {
$cat_ID = (int) $cat_ID;
$category = &get_category($cat_ID);
return $category->cat_name;
}

The bolded code is what you have to add.

The BBC has a nice writeup on “Silver Surfers”, basically those who are over 55.

An interesting quote from the article:

More than half of over-55s online say the net gives them a new lease of life. Seven percent look for love online, and 22% play games.

Looking for love online? Probably explains the popularity of viagra spams many of us get on a daily basis Me? I prefer the good old Kopi Tongkat Ali (coffee with Eurycoma longifolia)

Although the article is UK-centric, it’s interesting to see how older folks are using the Internet to communicate with others, getting new friends and to entertain themselves with online poker, bingo and other games. It offers an interesting insight into how this technology is changing the lives of the elderly.